Metal Powder Press

For most ceramic pressing, a CR < 2.0 is desired since it rednces both the punch displacement and the compressed air in the compact. As indicated in Eq. (7.15), a high fill density leads to a low CR. For comparison, the CR in metal powder pressing is typically much greater than 2.0 dne to the dnctility of the particles. 

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Low hydrogen overpotential Raney metal powders pressed into a bed or bound in a polymer matrix Precious metal powders (Pt, Pd, and Pt on carbon) Hastelloys (such as Bi-Mo-Fe and Ni-Mo-Cr alloys)... 

Metal powder Press aggl. Punch-and-die or roller presses, isostatic presses, sintering... 

Miscellaneous Processes. Metal strip for cladding can be produced by cold pressing metal powder into alow density green strip, foUowed by sintering to compact the powder. AHoy powders can be made into strip, along with specialized strip with one powder bonded to a different powder on the opposite side. 

Safety ia the P/M industry workplace is also a concern regarding the operation of compacting presses. Guarding devices are required by OSHA to prevent injuries. Those devices applying specifically to metal powder compacting presses are described in a standard issued by the Metal Powder Industries Federation. 

Mechanical alloying is another method of producing dispersion-strengthened metals. In this process, the powdered constituents of the ahoy are treated in an attrition mih. A finely distributed layer of the dispersed phase is distributed on particles of the base metal. Subsequent pressing and sintering strengthens the dispersion (25). 

Other Uses. The production of finished shapes from iron powder by compacting and sintering utilizes about 100,000 t of iron powder aimuaHy copper powder (2—10 wt %) is normally added as a sintering aid. Addition of 2% tin powder or equal amounts of tin and copper powder considerably lowers the sintering temperature and time of sintering at a cost saving. The tin addition also improves dimensional control. Iron powder plus 10 wt % powdered lead—tin metal is pressed and siatered to make pistons for use ia automotive hydrauHc brake cylinders. 

For water, organic and water-organic metal salts mixtures the dependence of integral and spectral intensities of coherent and non-coherent scattered radiation on the atomic number (Z), density, oscillator layer thickness, chemical composition, and the conditions of the registering of analytical signals (voltage and tube current, tube anode material, crystal-analyzer) was investigated. The dependence obtained was compared to that for the solid probes (metals, alloys, pressed powder probes). 

In the pyrot area, paraffin is widely used in the manuf of book and wooden matches, as a protective coating to counteract possible surface deterioration of metal powders, as a lubricant and waterproofing agent for the interior surfaces of kraft paper flare and signal cases, and as a binder which tends to fill interstices between particles on press loading (Ref 7, pp 69, 71, 302 316)... 

The lifetime of a tungsten filament in an incandescent light bulb depends a great deed on the grain size of the wire used to make the filament. W-metal powder is pressed into a bar at pressures which ensure that the density is as... 

Nonmetal electrodes are most often fabricated by pressing or rolling of the solid in the form of fine powder. For mechanical integrity of the electrodes, binders are added to the active mass. For higher electronic conductivity of the electrode and a better current distribution, conducting fillers are added (carbon black, graphite, metal powders). Electrodes of this type are porous and have a relatively high specific surface area. The porosity facilitates access of dissolved reactants (H+ or OH ions and others) to the inner electrode layers. 

The magnesium-reduced beryllium pebbles generally assay 96% beryllium and are always associated with residual magnesium and slag. These pebbles are purified to about 99.5% by vacuum induction melting in beryllia crucibles at temperatures of about 1400 °C. The ingots are machined and machined scarf is milled to produce beryllium powder. The ground metal powder is pressed and sintered under vacuum. The product is called vacuum hot-pressed beryllium, and this is machined for component manufacture. 

Synthesis of sulfo-selenide Chevrel phases Phases ofM Mo x xSex composition (M = Cr, Mn) were prepared by the reaction of stoichiometric mixtures of MoS2 and MoSe2 binary powders with Mo and Cr, or Mn, metallic powders (Mantjour-Billah and Chevrel 2004). The mixtures were pressed into pellets and then (inside an alumina crucible) sealed in evacuated silica tubes. After heating to 800°C and then to 1000°C for 24 hours, two further grinding and annealing (at 1000°C) treatments were performed. Powder X-ray diffraction methods were used to study the solid solutions, the trend of the lattice parameters, etc. 

Fast reactions between pure metal powders (A1 + Ni, A1 + Ti and A1 + Ni + Ti) have been studied by Javel etal. (1997) by using time-resolved X-ray diffraction with the help of synchrotron radiation. The sample (20 X 10 X 2 to 3 mm3 was prepared under purified argon by cold pressing the metal powders mixed in the required proportion. It was then placed in a reaction chamber kept under He gas. A mylar window allows the incident and diffracted X-ray beams to pass in and out. Two small heating devices (tungsten coils on alumina supports) were included. The first one was used to keep the sample at a uniform temperature before ignition and the second one to start the self-propagating reaction at one end of the sample. X-rays irradiated the centre of the specimen. 

Rhenium is obtained as a metal powder. It is cooled to ambient temperature under a stream of nitrogen. The metal powder also may be pressed into bars in vacuum at 1,200°C. 

Figure 7.16 Pressure-density relationship in the compaction of metallic powders. Reprinted, by permission, from Encyclopedia of Materials Science Engineering, Vol. 5, p. 3874. Copyright 1986 by Pergamon Press.

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